FORGOTTEN FILM FROM BEGINNINGS TO “T ALKIES ” STUDENT ’S WORKBOOK INTRODUCTION STUDENT’S WORKBOOK
FORGOTTEN FILM
FROM BEGINNINGS TO
“TALKIES”
CLIL Project by Rosa Maria Andrés Blanch
2011
STUDENT’S NAME:
Level: Clil Project by Rosa Maria Andrés Blanch IES VIlatzara 2011 1
FORGOTTEN FILM FROM BEGINNINGS TO “T ALKIES ” STUDENT ’S WORKBOOK
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...... 3
UNIT 1. PRECINEMA ...... 5
LESSON 1. WHAT’S CINEMA? ...... 5
LESSON 2. HOW CAN PHOTOGRAPHS MOVE? ...... 9
LESSON 3. MOTION PICTURE DEVICES ...... 10
WORD BANK...... 15
UNIT 2. THIS IS CINEMA ...... 18
LESSON 1. THE BIRTH OF CINEMA ...... 18
LESSON 2. SILENT CINEMA ...... 29
LESSON 3. SOUND CINEMA: “TALKIES” ...... 43
WORD BANK...... 49
UNIT 3. CARTOON ANIMATION ...... 52
LESSON 1. EARLY CARTOON. FROM 1919 TO 1940 ...... 52
LESSON 2. CREATING A FILM SCRIPT ...... 55
WORD BANK ...... 58
TIMELINE ...... 60
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INTRODUCTION
How much do you know about cinema?
1. ACTIVITY . Write down in a box a list of 6 words that you think are related to cinema in the box below. Then compare with your classmate.
2. ACTIVITY . How often do you go to the cinema?
I go to the never cinema
He/She goes
once a week I go twice to the three a month cinema four He/She goes five times a year more than five
Use the table and,
A. Write a sentence about yourself.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
B. Write a sentence about your classmate.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
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3. ACTIVITY. 3.1. WORDSEARCH. Find 10 words related to cinema.
R T F G W S M Q S A R V
D G R H D P I O J G F I
X S A D I F G H V J K S
C A M E R A S G C I P U V N E Z E S V B N L E A
B I F H C J U Y P L E L N M R S T O R Y F U B E
Y A N S O A Z X F S V F
U T B G R Q O S A I X F O I D F G E U J K O A E
L O T S C E N E O N L C
M N E G H J K W A C M S R E C O R D I N G F A J
3.2. Compare with the words you wrote in question 1. Write down the words that match.
KEY TO THE SYMBOLS USED Work individually Work in pairs
Work in a group of four Work in plenary
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UNIT 1. PRECINEMA
1. LESSON. WHAT IS CINEMA?
The word cinema is shortened from cinématographe , coined 1890s by Lumière brothers, who invented it.
Etymology: is a new word from ancient Greek created in XIX century” • kinema "movement," from kinein "to move" and graphein “to write” “to draw” “to record” . This neologism (new word) was created with the purpose of defining moving images. In 1911, Cinema was defined as the seventh art.
1.1. ACTIVITY: Choose seven of the words from the wordsearch before, and fill the gaps.
“A film , also called a …………… or motion picture , is a ………………. conveyed with moving images. It is produced by ………………….. photographic images with …..………………. , or by creating images using ………………… ….. techniques or ……………………………. .”
Films are made up of a series of individual images called ………………. .
What are these?
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1.2. ACTIVITY: Write down five words in the clouds to give ideas about what you think cinema is.
Think about …
Cinema is ……………
1.3. ACTIVITY: Using the following 4 Ws write a question about what you have seen:
a) What? ...... Answer
b) Who? ...... Answer
c) When? ...... Answer
d) Where? ...... Answer
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1.4. ACTIVITY: Connecting bubbles. Connect these bubbles with a line/arrow, in order to explain what an illusion is. Put the bubbles in correct order.
An illusion and that is means
a specific form
of sensory
distortion
but it is not The illusion is true generally shared by most people
people think that
something is
happening
An ILLUSION is…………………………………………………………………………...... …………..… ………......
1.5. ACTIVITY. Word completion S_ _ HT
H_ _ _ ING Related to SENSORY SENSES T_ _ _ _
S_ _ _ L
T_ _ _H
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1.6. What other illusions can you think of? What senses are they related to?
1.7. How did Muybridge make his earliest film?
1.7.1. Fill the gaps with the words in the box below.
A. He put these pictures in______order.
B. He ______16 ______with a mechanism that activated the cameras as the horse ran by.
C. He ______16 ______at equal distance from each other.
photographs, cameras, sequential, took, lined
1.7.2. Order the sentences.
• First of all, he
• Secondly, he
• Finally, he
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UNIT 1: PRECINEMA
2. LESSON. HOW CAN PHOTOGRAPHS MOVE?
2.1. ACTIVITY . How can photographs move?
1. When ………………………….are shown rapidly in succession, a viewer has the …………..……………..that motion is occurring.
2. The viewer cannot see the flickering between frames due to an effect known as persistence of vision . That means the eye retains a visual image for a fraction of a second after the source is removed.
3. A common name for film in the United States is ……………………………., while in Europe the term …………………… is preferred.
4. The origin of the name "film" comes from the fact that photographic film has historically been the primary medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. It is made from a material called ………………………….
2.2. Activity . Is cinema what Eadweard Muydridge made? Why?
WHAT’S CINEMA?
When FRAMES are shown rapidly in succession, a viewer has the illusion that motion is occurring
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UNIT 1: PRECINEMA
3. LESSON. MOTION PICTURE DEVICES
If somebody asks who invented motion pictures, we should answer that no one can claim this achievement for himself. Many scientists and inventors from 15 th to 19 th Century contributed to the success of motion pictures. They shared their knowledge and so many inventions, motion toys and devices began to appear. Motion pictures developed gradually.
DEVICE: A thing or an invention serving a particular purpose especially a mechanical machine or electronic equipment used to carry out one or more relatively simple tasks.
Most of these devices were very easy to use.
None of these devices are electric, but operated mechanically.
3.1. ACTIVITY. Go to the website below and find out devices from 1860 to 1890. Write down their names. http://www.victorian-cinema.net/machines.htm
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3.2. ACTIVITY . There are four types of mechanical movement. Draw a line to link the movement with their definition.
ROTATING Swinging in alternate directions
LINEAR Turning in a circle
RECIPROCATING Moving backwards and forwards
OSCILLATING Moving in one direction
How do devices shown in pictures on page 8 work? What kind of movement do they use?
3.3. ACTIVITY. Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor, scientist, and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world. Edison is considered one of the most prolific inventors in history, holding 1,093 US patents in his name, as well as many patents in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. From Wikipedia, the free enciclopedia.
Find out from an Encyclopedia or the Internet the name of his most popular inventions.
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With the development of celluloid film, it became possible to capture objects directly in motion in real time. The celluloid film itself already contains frames. Brothers Lumière patented film perforations with sequential images and Tomas Alva Edison used it in his Kinetoscope.
CRANK
DRUM
35mm. wide
Each vertically sequenced frame had a rectangular image and four perforations on each side .
PULLEY This basic format was adopted globally as the standard for motion pictures film, and still remains.
In this early device the printed film was attached to many drums and pulleys turned at first by a hand crank and electrically powered for lighting. Later it was completely electrically powered. The pictures were shown at a variable speed of about 5 to 30 pictures per second, depending on how rapidly the crank was turned.
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3.4. ACTIVITY. Make your own moving pictures as Muybridge did in 1878.
Choose between these three possibilities: • Take 16 pictures with a camera and put them in sequential order. • Draw 16 simple drawings as you have seen on Power Point and put them in sequential order. • Go to the link: http://www.google.com/images?hl=es&q=Eadweard+Muybridge&um=1&ie=UTF- 8&source=univ&sa=X&ei=7B5sTeXnG5H64AbsjqTfCQ&ved=0CCkQsAQ&biw=1366&bih =588 Choose one of the series of Muybridge photographs, cut them and put them in sequential order. • Put your work in a Power Point and show the illusion on motion. • Talk about the steps in your project using the language frame below.
took…………. First we drew…………
visited and chose……….. uploaded…….. Then we improved…….
cut………
put them in order…….. Next we sequenced them……
Finally we ……………..
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3.5. ACTIVITY. Write down inside the bubble:
What you learned from Unit 1 about:
PRECINEMA
What would you like to find out about it?
I would like…
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UNIT 1: WORD BANK
ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION CATALAN SPANISH
ANIMATION
CELLULOID
CINEMA
DEVICE
DRUM
FLICKERING
FRAME
HAND CRANKED
HEARING
ILLUSION
IMAGE/IMAGES
KINETOSCOPE
LINEAR
MOTION
MOVEMENT
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ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION CATALAN SPANISH
MOVIE
OSCILLATING
PATENT
PATENTED
PHOTOGRAPHY
PICTURE
PULLEY
RECIPROCATING
ROTATING
SEQUENCE
SEQUENTIAL
SHOOTING
SHOT
SIGHT
SMELL
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UNIT 1: WORD BANK
ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION CATALAN SPANISH
TASTE
TOUCH
ZOETROPE
ZOOPRAXISCOPE
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UNIT 2. THIS IS CINEMA!
1. LESSON. The birth of cinema
1.1. ACTIVITY. Answer this question.
Is cinema what Thomas Alva Edison made?
WHY?
Because Think about these 4 possible reasons . Which one do you think is correct? … a) Films were silent.
b) Films were too short (between 30 and 50 seconds).
c) Only one person at a time could see the images.
d) Films were black and white.
It is not cinema because …………………………………………………………………………………………………
Meanwhile, all over the world other inventors introduced their own motion picture machines or devices at the same time. http://www.precinemahistory.net/1895.htm
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The birth of cinema: The cinematograph
By early 1895 ⃰, in Lyon, France, Auguste and Louis Lumière devised a camera and a projector that could show motion pictures on a screen for an audience, that’s a large number of people. They called their invention cinématographe .
That can be considered the birth of film.
This new device of brothers Lumière combined camera with printer and projector.
They overcame the limitations and problems of Edison’s Kinetoscope.
They identified two main problems with Edison’s devices: - Firstly its bulk (large size): the camera, called Kinetograph, was a colossal box of mechanisms. It was very difficult to use it outside the studio. - Secondly, with the Kinetscope, only one person could experience the films at a time.
1.2. ACTIVITY. After reading the text, match the features of the cinematograph with its advantages. Write down the advantages.
Features of the cinematograph Advantages of the cinematograph:
- It was much smaller than Edison’s -
Kinetograph (camera recorder)
- It was lightweight (around five -
kilograms),
- It was hand cranked. -
- The camera and the projector were - combined.
Advantages of the cinematograph 1) The weight allowed shooting outdoors.
2) To shoot and show motion pictures on a screen for a large number of people, only needed one device. 3) The size allowed shooting outdoors. 4) No electricity needed. It was possible to shoot outdoors.
CONCLUSION: The main …………………………… of the cinematograph is : IT PROVIDES MOBILITY.
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1.3. ACTIVITY. After reading the text, write a new sentence with the words:
- Device:
- Devise:
The birth of cinema: The first film
On December 28th 1895, in Paris, France, brothers Lumière presented the first exhibition of a projected motion picture onto a giant screen to a paying public.
The world's first movie theatre was born.
The 20 minute program included ten short films with twenty showings a day.
1.4. ACTIVITY. Watch the first film in history and answer.
Title: Length: Where was this film shot?
Is it indoors or outdoors?
Are the people in the film actors and actresses?
Is there a plot or a story line in this film?
Do you think this film was prepared in advance or was it a spontaneous scene?
ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI63PUXnVMw&feature=fvst
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1.5. ACTIVITY. Fill the gaps with the words in the box below.
The new device called …………………………….. provides …………………………… and therefore it allows filming to be more …………………………………. films. In these shorts there is no plot or ……………………. They are films about daily life and are called ……………………… films. They are the first …………………………
actuality story line mobility spontaneous cinematograph documentaries
1.6. ACTIVITY.
Go to the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cUEANKv964 "The arrival of a train at La Ciotat", more commonly known as Arrival of a Train at a Station. Is one of the most successful “documentary” of Brothers Lumière. BLAH, BLAH, BLAH … How do you imagine the reaction of people after seeing these images?
1.7. ACTIVITY. Make a timeline
From now on you’ll begin to make a timeline. You’ll find it on page 60
Timeline: is a graphic design showing a long bar labeled with
dates on it and (usually) events labeled on points where they
would have happened. It is used to show events along a period of
time and to sequence them.
Every time you find an asterisk ( ⃰ ) write down the event on the date it happened. On page 19 you’ve got the first one: 1895.
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Georges Méliès. The father of special effects
1.8. ACTIVITY. Listen and fill the gaps with the words below.
Who was Georges Méliès?
Georges Méliès was another………………………………. born in Paris in…………... From a very early age he showed a particular interest in art specially in ………..…………………… and puppetry. In 1884 he ……………………….. his studies in ………………………. Later in 1888 he had enough money to buy the famous …………………………. Robert Houdin. From that point Méliès worked …………………………………… as a theatrical showman whose performances revolved around …………………….. and illusionist techniques. He studied while these in London as well as working on his own ………………….... Méliès determined to investigate ………………………… pictures. When Lumière brothers wouldn’t sell him a …………………………….. , he …………………………. his own camera and then set up Europe’s first film studio in ……………. . He ………………………… about five hundred films over the next 15 years, in which he was the financer, the ……………………….. , the scriptwriter, the stage designer and the star in nearly every one. In spite of this, he never really saw himself as a filmmaker, he just enjoyed magic and entertainment.
continued Theatre cinematograph London Frenchman stage design created full time tricks
developed magic 1861
director moving 1897
Méliès discovered from a filming incident that cinema could manipulate and distort time and space. As Méliès got more experience with motion pictures, he started experimenting with more complicated camera tricks.
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Méliès used 3 basic special effects .
1.9. ACTIVITY. 1.9.1. Watch Méliès’ films carefully and notice the special effects used.
1.9.2. Watch the Power Point. Then, fill the table. Use words and sentences in table on the next page.
SPECIAL EFFECT AIM PROCEDURE First:
Secondly:
Then: Used to change one thing into another. Next:
Finally:
First of all:
Used to get the illusion that Then: objects were changing form.
Finally:
First of all:
Used as a common technique in filmmaking for creating ghost Next: like images or adding people who were not originally there.
Finally:
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ACTIVITY
SPECIAL EFFECT - dissolve - stop motion – double exposure
- Put the camera off - Change the object - Place the camera on a tripod and don’t move it. - Record one shot of an object - Record the second object
- Record over the frame already recorded. PROCEDURE - Repeat the same process as you did in Stop motion special effect. - Open the camera and roll the film back.
- Record a strip of film already recorded not just one or two frames. - Repeat the same process as you did in Stop motion special effect.
- Similar to dissolve effect open the camera and roll the film back.
Georges Méliès films. Websites * Write down these films on your timeline
1898. L’home des têtes 47’’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oFnOAnL8Ss
1899. Cendrillon. Cinderella. 4’24’’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYmCUFl96PQ
1901. L’home a la tête de caoutchouc 2’15’’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7lsCqjOGic
1902.Le voyage a la lune. A trip to the moon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JDaOOw0MEE
1904. The impossible voyage. Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHUdyHx6bXk Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbe8qfjgKJQ&feature=related Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8uTaoiFUIY&feature=related
1909. Le locataire diabolique. 6’20’’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-n6EN4DyuE
Méliès’ special effects http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo0i4snkh_k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXwGN2uSsn0
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GEORGES MÉLIÈS : CINDERELLA
Cinderella was a well-known folk tale. When Méliès shot his short film in 1899 ⃰ , he constructed a narrative with different scenes for the first time.
The word "story" may be used as a synonym of "narrative"
Storytelling requires consideration of the who, what, where, when, why . The answer to these questions should become apparent throughout the film. IMPORTANT!
In films, we use shots, scenes and sequences to construct a narrative or a story:
Shot: Is a continuous strip of motion picture film, created using a series of frames that runs for an uninterrupted period of time. Shots are generally filmed with a single camera and can be of any duration.
Scene: Is a series of shots which form the same narrative unit and share the same setting as a play.
Sequence: Is a series of scenes which form a distinct narrative unit, usually connected either by unity of location or unity of time. Normally, different sequences don’t share the same setting.
COMPARE:
LEVEL FILM LITERATURE
1 SHOT SENTENCE
2 SCENE PARAGRAPH
3 SEQUENCE CHAPTER
4 ACT ACT
5 FILM BOOK
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1.10. ACTIVITY Méliès’ film “Cinderella” from 1899
As you already know the tale of Cinderella,
First : Cut the photographs or frames Second : Order the frames to construct a narrative or a story line. Then : Paste ordered frames in the table. Next : Read the definitions of “shot”, “scene” and “sequence” Finally : Answer the questions a) How many shots are there? There are.....
b) How many scenes are there? ... How do you know? I know it because....
c) How many sequences are there? .... How do you know? ...
1.11. ACTIVITY. Watch Méliès’ film “Cinderella” focus on what you already know.
a) Think of the camera position in all scenes throughout the film? Where is the camera placed?
b) Think of the settings. What do they look like?
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MÉLIÈS’ CINDERELLA. NARRATIVE-STORY LINE 1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8
9 10
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GEORGES MÉLIÈS : 1902 ⃰ LE VOYAGE DANS LA LUNE – A TRIP TO THE MOON
This film is considered a pioneering, 14-minute science fiction work.
“It was his most popular and best-known work, with about 30 scenes called tableaux. He incorporated surrealistic special effects, including the memorable image of a rocket ship landing and gouging out the eye of the 'man in the moon. Melies also introduced the idea of narrative storylines, plots, character development, illusion, and fantasy into film, including trick photography (early special effects), hand-tinting, dissolves, wipes, 'magical' super-impositions and double exposures, the use of mirrors, trick sets, stop motion, slow-motion and fade-outs/fade- ins. Although his use of the camera was innovative, the camera remained stationary and recorded the staged production from one position only .” 1
1.12. ACTIVITY. Watch Méliès’ film “A trip to the moon”. - Which special effects can you see? - Can you differenciate between shots, scenes and sequences?
BLAH, BLAH, BLAH … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUJ4Mh4Elx4&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZV-t3KzTpw&feature=related
About the film. http://www.filmsite.org/voya.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Trip_to_the_Moon
1 http://www.filmsite.org/pre20sintro2.html
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UNIT 2. THIS IS CINEMA!
2. LESSON. Silent Cinema
What are silent films?
We call silent film all those films made between the birth of cinema and 1927. Those years before sound came to the movies are known as the "silent era"
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, with the recorded image.
Despite many attempts to synchronize sound and image it was not possible until 1927, but, when it happened, cinema was already successful.
From the start, film techniques were a challenge and many filmmakers developed what not many years before the Lumière brothers had started.
In Europe and US, hundreds of films were shot annually and most of them were not preserved. Some of these films were:
1903 *. Edwin S. Porter. The Great Train Robbery . The first Western which exploited new techniques such as multiple camera position. 1908 *. Segundo Chomón . El hotel eléctrico. Chomón was a pioneering Spanish filmmaker that produced many short films in France. He has been compared to Georges Méliès, due to his frequent camera tricks and optical illusions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZFdaqQky2o 1914*. D.W. Griffith. The birth of a nation . It is considered important by film historians due to its length: it is a three-hour film based on the Civil War. Introduce narrative complexity. It was enormously popular. 1916 *. D.W. Griffith. Intolerance. It was a colossal filled with monumental sets, lavish period costumes, and more than 3,000 extras.
Until this point, European cinema had been the most globally popular and powerful. But film industry in the United States overtook Europe when World War (1914–1918) caused interruption in the European film industries. The American industry, or "Hollywood", in California became the movie factory for the world, exporting its product to most countries on earth and controlling the market in many of them.
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Gradually, 1) Silent films became longer. 2) The narrative or storytelling became more complex.
2.1. ACTIVITY. Complete the table with suitable sentences in the box below
FEATURES OF SILENT FILM
silent films can appear unnaturally fast and jerky. Some of them were intentionally shot at so slower speeds in order to accelerate the action, especially in comedies.
silent film needs a greater emphasis on body language and facial expression. The audience so can therefore better understand what actors feel and what they want to express on screen.
they were really important in silent films when they became longer and had more detail. They so were also necessary to understand dialogues and the story.
music was an essential part of any film. Most theatres had a pianist to accompany the so film and some had entire orchestras. It gave the audience emotional cues for the action taking place on the screen.
1. Films were commonly accompanied by live music . Films were silent, but showings or exhibitions were not silent. 2. In silent film the dialogue could be transmitted through an intertitle , also known as a title card . 3. Most silent films were shot at slower speeds than sound films (typically 16 to 20 frames per second as opposed to 24). 4. Silent films had no sound
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Silent comedy and comic films
Comic films began to appear during the “silent era”, roughly 1895 to 1930. The visual humour of many of these silent films is based on slapstick.
Is the tendency of
particular experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement, fun or entertainment
Silent comedy emphasises visual and physical humor, and what are known as “sight gags” and “ slapstick ”.
Is a type of physical comedy characterized by humour, absurd situations and usually violent action.
2.2. ACTIVITY . What comic physical humour or “slapstick” situations can you think of?
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Silent comedy stars
In comedy there were actors of outstanding talent and different styles.
Max Linder (F) Charles Chaplin (UK) Harold Lloyd (UE) Buster Keaton (UE) Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy (UE)
They had great success throughout the world.
Charlie Chaplin London 1889 - Switzerland 1977
He used mime, he was an actor, a filmmaker, a composer and a songwriter. Chaplin was one of the most creative and influential personalities of the silent-film era. He was influenced by his predecessor, the French silent movie comedian Max Linder, to whom he dedicated one of his films. Chaplin directed and edited his own films and he had a strong affinity for sentimentality. He could make audience feel and think, as well as laugh. He combined comedy and drama.
Chaplin quickly became the most popular star when he created his “Little Tramp” character . The physical attributes of the Tramp which include a pair of baggy pants, a tight coat, a small derby hat, a large pair of shoes, a cane and the famous small mustache.
2.3. ACTIVITY. The Rink 1916 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xBXYn-jjzE 2’56’’ The fireman 1916 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eosak_0rRfc 10’15’’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS52AeRKHYo&feature=related 10’15’’ The cure 1917 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRHGd7P4oGI 8’33’’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9kVXwAD0So&feature=related 9’21’’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2VJjbs0CVw&feature=related 5’55’’ The Gold Rush 1925 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtZTIwSIuGw 13’47’’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZGHR7J1lUQ 3’53’’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faS7YLWSEVM 1’31’’ The circus 1928 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjGXaA9xGAY&feature=related Part 10’14
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Harold Lloyd UE 1893-1971
Lloyd made nearly 200 comedy films, both silent and “talkies", between 1914 and 1947. His films frequently contained "thrill sequences" of extended chase scenes. He is best known for his optimism and the character he created: the “Glasses Character” that represented the ordinary guy up on the screen, a guy with faults and fears, “the boy next door”.
2.4. ACTIVITY
Safety last 1923. 7’35’’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEcTjhUN_7U Bunch of scenes from different films 4’05’’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkryy5eru6k&feature=fvst
Buster Keaton UE 1895-1966
He is considered one of the greatest actor-directors in the history of film. He had great success although sometimes he was misunderstood by the audience. He is more suited to modern audiences. He created his character as himself: he had a beautiful deadpan face, with eloquent large deep eyes. His nickname was “The Great Stone Face”
2.5. ACTIVITY
Battling Butler 1926. 5’02’’ http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=buster+keaton+boxing&aq=f Secene from “The general” 1926. 3’25’’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3xh108cLbo Scene from “The college” 1927. 3’48’’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48-WV9jJEwY
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DESCRIBING SHOTS, SCENES AND SEQUENCES
To describe a shot or explain a scene we should think of the Where, when, who, and what.
WHERE : it refers to the setting of the story. Where does the scene take place?
2.6. ACTIVITY. Fill in the blank boxes with the suitable keywords.
DESCRIBING A SET
How would I describe where is it? In the bottom right - hand corner At the top in the middle In the top right - hand corner At the bottom in the middle On the left On the right Right in the middle In the top left - hand corner In the bottom left - hand corner Just higher than the middle In the background In the foreground Coming from the background to the foreground
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2.7. ACTIVITY. Choose a scene from one of these three films and describe it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48-WV9jJEwY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjGXaA9xGAY&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEcTjhUN_7U
Title: Filmmaker: Year: Main actors: Minute described:
Use these substitution table to help you:
It looks like... … a pub, a house, a It might be… school, a music hall, a There is/are… stage, a cottage… It’s a…
Right in the middle... a man on his back/ a In the top left - hand corner… woman singing on a On the right... there is/ stage /a lot of people In the back ground… there are raising their arms/ a Coming from the background… man playing piano/ (… ) …
Description:
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Laurel & Hardy Stan Laurel UK (1890 – 1965) & Oliver Hardy UE (1892 – 1957)
They were one of the most popular comedy teams of the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema, composed of thin Stan and heavy Oliver.
They became well known during the late 1920s to the mid- 1940s. The team also appeared on stage throughout America and Europe. In Spain they were known as “el gordo y el flaco”. Their performances remind the traditional clowns and they were the best representatives of slapstick humour.
2.8. ACTIVITY
The music box 1932. 27’51’’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94nxnNdJzQI The Devil’s brother 1933 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiFEFL6ThRI 1’46’’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yoPb-amgbs&feature=related 9’09’’ Hollywood party 1936. 8’55’’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3cvUuRQtSc Busy bodies 1933. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvn1NValjWA&feature=related 8’30’’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ8D-bnwBK0 6’6’’ Coloured
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European filmmakers
There were many great European filmmakers during the Silent Era, but only some of them were really outstanding. From the birth of cinema till the 1920s comedy was not the most significant type of film in Europe.
GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM A large number of creative movements began in Germany before the First World War. Expressionism is the common name for different fields such as architecture, painting and cinema and it reached a peak in Berlin, and in north and central Europe during the 1920s. The plots and stories of the Expressionist films often dealt with madness, insanity, social criticism and other topics opposed to standard action-adventure and romantic films. Two genres of silent films that were especially influenced by Expressionism: horror film and film noir. When the Nazis reached the power many of German filmmakers emigrated to Hollywood.
F.W. Murnau Germany (1888-1931) Murnau was one of the most influential German film directors of the silent era, and a prominent figure in the expressionist movement in German cinema during the 1920s. Nosferatu 1922 ⃰. This film began a trend for Gothic tales of horror. It was considered the first genuine vampire picture. It is considered a masterpiece of the German silent cinema and an important representative of expressionism.
2.9. ACTIVITY Which is the main difference between Laurel & Hardy’s films and Murnau’s film? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=patgT_qG65U
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Fritz Lang Austria 1809 - UE 1976 He was an Austrian-American-German filmmaker and a screenwriter. One of his best silent films is Metropolis shot in 1927 ⃰ in which he collaborated with his wife, science- fiction novelist Thea von Harbou, to write a screenplay based on her novel, Metropolis. It was the most expensive silent film ever made. Fritz Lang is one of the most outstanding artist of the expressionist movement (see page before).
2.10. ACTIVITY. Write down, inside the bubble, some words to give ideas about what this film suggests to you. Compare your ideas with your partners.
• How does this film make you feel? It makes me feel…
• Is this a comedy? How do you know?
• Where does the film take place? 1) Is it today? 2) Is it set in the past? 3) How do you know?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PAdQ5anhZE&feature=related
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2.11. ACTIVITY. Think about the features of all the silent films you have seen on this course. Write down the similarities and differences between Metropolis and other films in the diagram.
OTHER FILMS COMMON FEATURES METROPOLIS
2.12. ACTIVITY. Which other films have you seen in this course that are described as science fiction?
Which other films, images or places does Metropolis remind you of?
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2.13. ACTIVITY. Read the text and answer the questions.
The Roaring Twenties is a phrase used to describe the 1920s, principally in North America, in Chicago, New York, New Orleans, and Philadelphia, but also in London, Berlin and Paris. The phrase was meant to emphasize the period's social, artistic, and cultural dynamism.
1. Normality returned to politics after World War I, jazz music blossomed and Art Deco peaked. An unprecedented industrial growth, accelerated consumer demand and aspirations, and there were significant changes in lifestyle and culture. 2. The United States gained dominance in world finance. 3. Germany could no longer afford war reparations to Britain, France and other Allies. 4. The second half of the decade becoming known as the "Golden Twenties". In France and francophone Canada, they were also called the " années folles " ("Crazy Years"), and in Spain los “Felices años 20”. 5. The spirit of the Roaring Twenties was associated with modernity and break with traditions. 6. New technologies, especially automobiles, moving pictures and radio spread to a large part of the population. Adapted from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roaring_Twenties
Does this text describe a happy prosperous period after World War I, or does it describe a declining period of crisis? It describes…
How do you know? Because the text talks about…
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2.14. ACTIVITY.
“Metropolis” describes two opposite worlds . Classify the words in the box below in order to describe these two worlds, and put them in the table.
First World Second World
Luxury skyscrapers poor oppressed Exploited workers Wealthy futurisim enslaved/slave class privileged elite Art Déco Nameless powerful industrialists underground life Rich
2.15. Which of these two worlds describes or depicts “The Roaring Twenties” (page 23) . How do you know?
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2.16. Write down “Metropolis” ⃰ on your time timeline, on the date it was shot.
Read the sentences about the influence of historical events occurring during its time and decide which of the three words is suitable in each gap. Compare your ideas with your partners.
The film exhibits the influence of historical events occurring during its time .
1. A time of economic ______and the rise of ______in a pre-Hitler Weimar Republic Germany following the First World War. (capitalism/ misery/ fascism)
2. The rise of the American ______movement and unions during the 1920s due to oppressive ______conditions. (labor/ working/ unemployement)
3. The rise of ______into the US and ______of workers. (immigration/ emigration/ exploitation)
4. It also reflects the ______modern ______. ( past/ science/ ongoing)
5. The 1917 ______revolution in the ______. (communist/ American/ Soviet Union)
6. The ______of poverty with the upper ______of the Roaring 20s. (classes/poor/ contrast)
7. The class struggle.
Sergei Eisenstein Russia (1898-1948) Sergei Eisenstein is a Legendary Russian film director. His best known film, Battleship Potemkin (1925) ⃰, is a classic landmark and visionary film, advancing the art of cinematic storytelling with the technique of montage (or film editing), with close-ups to increase tension. It’s a historical film.
Metropolis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j8Ba9rWhUg&feature=related Bibliography http://www.filmsite.org/metr.html http://home.comcast.net/~flickhead/Metropolis.html
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UNIT 2. THIS IS CINEMA!
3. LESSON. Sound Cinema : “Talkies”
What are “talkies”? 2
3.1. ACTIVITY. Decide which of the two words are corrects.
A sound film is a ______( frame / motion picture ) with ______(synchronized / recorded) sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a ______( silent film/ color film ). The sound films incorporating synchronized dialogue were known as "talking pictures" or " talkies ".
The idea of combining motion pictures with recorded sound is nearly as old as the concept of cinema itself. Sound was already recorded and there were an increasing number of motion picture systems to do it: phonograph, kinetophone, chronophone, gramophone, etc... Some of these inventions could transform sound into light waves that were photographically recorded direct onto celluloid.
What happen in 1927? 3
The first feature film originally presented as a talkie was The Jazz Singer *, released in October 1927. Warner Brothers produced the first widely- screened feature-length talkie or movie with dialogue. The revolutionary film was mostly silent, which consisted of a few songs by Al Jolson and a few lines of synchronized dialogue.
The sound era was officially inaugurated.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24sB2hxrU3g 2’02’’
2 Adapted from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_film 3 Adapted from: http://www.filmsite.org/20sintro3.html
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3.2. ACTIVITY.
What is the main advantage of silent film compared to talkies?
3.3. ACTIVITY.
Singing in the rain*
http://www.filmsite.org/sing.html http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045152/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singin'_in_the_Rain Visit the websites and complete the fact file.
FACT FILE
Title: Release date:
Country: Language:
Length: Director: Producer:
Screenwriter: Music:
Distributed by: Starring by/ cast:
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3.4. ACTIVITY. Answer the questions about the film “Singing in the rain”.
The film shows the panic surrounding the transitional period from silent films to talkies in the dream factory of Hollywood of the late 1920s as the sound revolution hit audiences. It is a film that talks about “talkies”.
3.4.1. What is the genre of this film?
3.4.2. Describe the scene you liked most. Use this sample:
I like the scene with the ______best because it shows (who) ______(doing what) ______(where) ______and also (who)______(doing what) ______(where)______.
Then we see (who) ______(doing what) ______(where) _____ .
Later (who) ______appears and (what happens) ______.
Here are many sequences: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6CuBK0cgX4&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7QL46cK7B8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNRJfr5y0RY&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW02c5UNGl0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA3OnIYW5u4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA3OnIYW5u4 http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=singing+in+the+rain&aq=0s
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3.5. ACTIVITY
Read the sentences about sound troubles shown in the film, and then fill the gaps with the most suitable word in the box below.
Film studios were confronted with many problems related to sound:
1. It was not possible to show these films all over the world: the market was restricted for English-language ______.
2. ______language was not needed. Many Hollywood actors/actresses did not have good ______and stage experience, and they were no longer employed and they saw their careers shattered.
3. Other actors ______the transition, but some of them needed elocution lessons from diction coaches.
4. Artistically, acting suffered as studios attempted to record live dialogue, because stationary or hidden ______impeded the movement of actors.
5. Technically, camera ______were restricted, and noisy, bulky movie cameras had to be put in booths (sound-proof covers), to avoid picking up camera noise on the soundtrack.
6. Silent film ______became obsolete, and new investments had to be made for expensive new equipment, technological innovations, and sound-proofed stages
7. Films that began production as silent movies were quickly ______into sound films.
survived microphones body movements
studios countries transformed voices
Adapted from: http://www.filmsite.org/sing.html
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3.6. ACTIVITY.
Modern Times * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Times_(film)
FACT FILE Go on line : Title: http://www.filmsite.org/mode.html Release date: 1) “Modern Times” is a quasi-silent Country: film? What does it mean? Language: Length: Director:
Producer: Screenwriter: Music:
Distributed by: Starring by/ cast:
2) How many years were there between the beginning of talkies to “Modern Times”?
3) What time is the film set? What happened at that time?
4) Is this a comedy or is it social protest film? How do you know?
Silent film or talkie? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHdmaFJ6W6M Scenes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CReDRHDYhk8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZlJ0vtUu4w Flag scene http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqFU8O53tr4
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3.6. ACTIVITY. Write down inside the bubble:
What you learned from Unit 2 about:
PRECINEMA
What would you like to find out about it?
I would like…
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UNIT 2: WORD BANK
ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION CATALAN SPANISH
ACTOR /ACTRES
APPEAR
AUDIENCE
BULK
CAPTURE
CINDERELLA
CINEMATOGRAPH
DEVELOPED
DISAPEAR
DISAPPERED
DISSOLVE
DISTORTION
ENTERTAINMENT
EXPOSURE
EXPRESSIONISM
FEATURE FILM
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ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION CATALAN SPANISH
FEATURES
FILMMAKER
GENRE
HUMOUR
INTERTITLE
LENGTH
MOBILITY
NARRATIVE
PERFORMANCE
PLOT
PROJECTOR
RECORDER
RELEASE
SCENE
SCIENCE FICTION
SILENT FILM
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ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION CATALAN SPANISH
SPECIAL EFFECTS
SPONTANEOUS
STORYLINE
SYNCHRONIZE
TALKIES
TECHNIQUE
THRILLER
TRIPOD
VISION
WIZARD
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UNIT 3. CARTOON ANIMATION
1. LESSON. Early cartoon. From 1919 to 1940
What is animation?
“Animation" derives from the Latin anima , the vital force inside every living creature. Animation" is the technique of giving "soul" or life to inanimate objects , drawings, etc. Animated Films have individual drawings, paintings , or illustrations which are photographed frame by frame .
Usually, each frame differs slightly from the one preceding it. This gives the illusion of movement when frames are projected in rapid succession at 24 frames per second.
Adapted from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animation See: Unit 1: Precinema. Lesson 2: How photographs can move?
What is a cartoon?
An animated cartoon is a short, hand-drawn film for the cinema, television or computer screen, featuring some kind of story or plot .
(It can be made with computers to look similar to something hand-drawn)
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1.1. ACTIVITY.
- How many animated cartoon characters can you think of? Write their names in the table. - How old do you think they are? Write down the date that you think they were created.
CHARACTER FIRST APPEARANCE
- Compare your list of characters with the characters shown on Power point. Are any the same? Think of how old they are. Do you think young people will watch Toy Story, Shrek or Pokemon in a hundred years time?
- Write down the list of the older cartoon characters and then record them in your timeline.
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1.2. ACTIVITY.
Choose 4 characters from the list on activity 1.1., and write down any relevant information about it or important features. Go online. Compare your ideas with your partners and write them down. For example:
- ______was the first superstar animated character during the silent era.
1.3. ACTIVITY.
Like other films, creating cartoons is not an individual job but a collective work. Lots of people undertake this task together. Write down the different jobs needed to make a cartoon:
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2. LESSON. Creating a film script
2.1. ACTIVITY.
What do you need to consider when creating a cartoon animation?
CREATING A FILM SCRIPT / STORY
BOARD
⃰ W W W W H
CREATING A FILM SCRIPT / STORY BOARD In films it’s very important! H ⃰
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2.2. ACTIVITY Focus on the characters: In groups of four create one character.
Imagine you are a screenwriter. What should we consider when creating a character?
CHARACTERS
1) Work in 2 pairs: Pair 1: student A- student B; Pair 2: student A- student B. 2) Read the dialog that the teacher will give you. 3) Create a character. Decide what will be its main features. You have to choose one characteristic from each box. (You can also throw the dice 4 times to decide it). 4) Prepare your character with your partner 5) P1-SA exchange P2-SB and P2-SB exchange P1-SA 6) Read the dialog and roleplay your character. 7) Partners should guess what features you are roleplaying.
…… ……
1 .MAN 2 .WOMAN 1. HAPPY 2.LAZY
3. ANIMAL 4. CHILD 3.AGGRESSIVE 4. SAD
5. OLD 6. …… 5.ANGRY 6. …… WOMAN/MAN
…… ……
1.HIGH 2.LOW 1.SOFTLY 2.VERY QUICKLY 4. WITH A NASTY 3.CROACKY 4.SQUEAKY 3.VERY LOUD LAUGH
5. …… 6. …… 5. ……. 6. ……
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2.3. ACTIVITY. Write down inside the bubble:
What you learned from Unit 3 about:
CARTOON
ANIMATION
What would you like to find out about it?
I would like….
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ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION CATALAN SPANISH
CARTOON
CARTOONIST
CHARACTER
COMPOSER
CROAKY
DESIGNER
DIRECTOR
DRAWING
HAND-DRAWN
LAUGH
MUSICIAN
PLOT
PRODUCER
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ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION CATALAN SPANISH
SCRIPTWRITER
SLIGHTLY
SQUEAKY
TECHNICIAN
VOICE
WRESTLERS
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CINEMA STORY TIMELINE
1875 1876 1877 1878 Eadweard Muybridge makes his earliest film 1879 Eadweard Muybridge invented theZoopraxiscope 1880 1881
1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897
1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1915 1913 World 1914 War I 1915 1916 1917 Russian Revolution 1918 1919
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CINEMA STORY TIMELINE 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927
Wall Street 1928 Crash. The 1929 Great 1930 Depression 1931 1932 Hitler became 1933 Germany’s 1934 president. 1935
Spanish 1936 Civil War 1937 1938 1939 Worl War II 1940 1941 1942 1943 End Worl 1944 War II 1945
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FORGOTTEN FILM FROM BEGINNINGS TO “T ALKIES ” STUDENTS WORKBOOK NOTES
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